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Protocol and Guidelines for Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound in Diagnosing Neonatal Pulmonary Diseases Based on International Expert Consensus
Published on: March 6, 2019
Lower respiratory tract infections in children with congenital lung abnormalities
Louis Dossche1, Casper Kersten1, Joost van Rosmalen2,3
1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Objective:
We aimed to determine if the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) among children with asymptomatic, observationally managed congenital lung abnormalities (CLA) differed from that of symptomatic patients who underwent surgery. Second, we sought to compare the pre- and post-resection incidence of LRTI in patients who underwent surgery.
Methods:
This retrospective cohort study included patients born between 1999 and 2021 with CLA confirmed by CT scan who were enrolled in a prospective longitudinal follow-up program. The LRTI incidence rates at 1, 2, 5, 8, and 12 years were compared between surgically and observationally managed patients using incidence rate ratios (IRR). Differences in pre- and post-resection LRTI incidence rates among patients who underwent CLA-related surgery were assessed through IRR.
Results:
Among 217 included patients, 81 (37%) had undergone surgery and 136 (63%) had been observationally managed. The LRTI incidence rates did not significantly differ at any follow-up moment between the surgical and observational groups. Among the children who underwent CLA-related surgery, the pre-resection LRTI incidence rates were significantly higher than the post-resection LRTI incidence rates (IRR of 3.57, 95% confidence interval: [2.00; 6.33], p < .001).
Conclusion:
We could not demonstrate differences in LRTI incidence throughout childhood between patients with surgically and observationally managed CLA. We recommend discussing cases of LRTI in patients with CLA in a multidisciplinary setting, using additional diagnostics such as chest X-ray to screen for CLA involvement, enabling a well-considered decision on surgical resection of the lesion.
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